[BWNA] FW: DRAFT Urban Forest Management Plan Implement Strategy at Citywide Parks Team on Nov 16

[Albert Kaufman]

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From: Linda Robinson <lrobins at pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:23:10 -0800
To: Neighborhood Assn Reps <lrobins at pacifier.com>
Subject: DRAFT Urban Forest Management Plan Implement Strategy at Citywide
Parks Team on Nov 16

To:  Neighborhood Assn Representatives

Citywide Parks Team Meeting
Thursday, November 16, 2006
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Portland City Hall
Rose Room (3rd Floor)
1221 SW 4th Ave

Topic:  DRAFT Urban Forest Management Plan Implement Strategy

An interbureau team of City staff, led by the Bureau of Parks and
Recreation, has been working on an action plan to implement the 2004
Portland Urban Forest Management Plan.  The Plan aims at protection and
enhancement of the city's urban forest: it's public and private trees and
natural areas.

(For more info about the Urban Forestry Plan, visit
http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=39713.)

This will be one of the first opportunities to review and comment on the
draft of this strategy.  Deb Lev from Parks will present the
strategy.  City staff and members of the Urban Forestry Commission will be
on hand to hear your views.  The draft action plan will be available on the
web November 14.  Check the "What's New" section on Portlandparks.org (or
http://www.portlandonline.com/parks).

The Portland Citywide Parks Team is an ad hoc citizens group, formed in
February 2005.  Monthly meetings provide a forum for informal
information-sharing, education, and networking among people working and
volunteering to make Portland's parks even better than they are today.  It
also provides opportunities for liaison with the Parks Bureau, Parks Board,
Portland Parks Foundation, and other stakeholders.  It's citizen-initiated,
citizen-led, citizen-owned, and intended for all Portlanders who care about
getting things done in and for parks in Portland.

The Citywide Parks Team meetings are open to anyone.  The group doesn't
have designated members or a formal committee structure. Interested
individuals are encouraged to drop in whenever they can. It's a
self-selected, ever-changing group that meets monthly, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm
on the third Thursday, in the Rose Room at City Hall.  Attendance has
ranged from 5 to 40+ people, depending on the topic.

For more information about the group, go to
http://explorepdx.org/pcwpt.html and/or sign up for the e-mail list serve
by sending a blank email message to:
Team4PortlandParks-subscribe at yahoogroups.com.

THERE WILL BE NO CITYWIDE PARKS TEAM MEETING IN DECEMBER!

We hope you will attend the public meeting regarding the Park Bureau budget
in lieu of the usual Citywide Parks Team meeting on January 18.  It will be
at the Oregon State Office Building, near the Lloyd Center.

-- Linda

Linda Robinson, Chair
Citywide Parks Team
503-261-9566
lrobins at pacifier.com


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